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11 Apr, 2007 9:33 am
... support and encourage racial inequalities. Gregory Lee, President of the National Association of Black Journalists, asserted the following about the "Imus incident": "You can apologize, but what does that mean when you have a history of making disparaging comments. ... He clearly has learned nothing. But I
am concerned with educating of the rest of us about the societal practices that enable the Don Imuses of the world to thrive and may
work to turn "well-intentioned" ghetto-fabulous party throwers ...
13 Apr, 2007 5:54 pm
... voce snickers when the girl walked into the room and leave it at that. Such was the law of insults in our neighborhood. Don Imus is a law breaker. On open microphone he called members of the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy- ... places that mattered in the United States for
much of its history. Until we acknowledge this, the level of discourse promoted on the Imus show will continue to flourish in other fora,
nourished by a sadly corrupted notion of what freedom of expression means. -Lolita ...
23 Dec, 2008 7:04 am
... contender, however, Obama took a very different position after "shock jock" Don Imus made racist
and sexist statements regarding the Rutgers women's ... which advocate the tolerance of "noisy and opinionated" voices. Rather than treating Imus as someone with whom liberals should "disagree without being disagreeable," Obama instead insisted ... hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude.
Ironically, Obama appeared on the Imus show twice before the controversy happened, but he vowed never to return ...
7 Apr, 2007 12:05 pm
... being part of today's scene. Here, from the Times, is what he said: On Wednesday morning, Don Imus called the students who play for the Rutgers University women's basketball team a ... Bernard McGuirk, agreed: "Some hardcore ho's," he said.
Imus continued, "That's some nappy-headed ho's there, I'm going to tell ... human beings who have accomplished much and deserve great credit.
It is appropriate that Mr. Imus and MSNBC have apologized." But for Bryan Monroe, the president of the National Association ...
8 Apr, 2007 2:37 pm
... theme today, Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News puts his finger on why Don Imus will go
unpunished for his racist comments (video here) about the Rutgers women's basketball team: ... site is that he markets his own goods. Those should be easy to boycott. Like
Imus Ranch Foods. He has a foundation to help kids with cancer spend time on his ranch ... , they got tattoos," he said. Bernard McGuirk, his
producer: "Some hardcore hos." Imus: That's some nappy-headed hos there. I'm gonna tell you that now, ...
2 May, 2007 2:28 pm
... Don Imus, through his "ferocious" litigator, the renowned Martin Garbus. Reports Fortune:
Imus has hired one of the nation's premiere First Amendment attorneys, and the two sides are ... within a month, this person predicted. We're
curious: What do ATL readers think about the Imus firing? Opinion Polls & Market Research (The Pew Research Center also conducted a poll to
gauge public attitudes towards Don Imus's firing. It will be interesting to see how their poll
results compare to the ATL poll ...
14 Aug, 2007 1:50 pm
... the "nappy hair" look for women. And his right to say so, on the radio airwaves, is contractually protected. From the Associated Press: Don
Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract after his being fired from his morning talk ... with WABC radio to
resume his broadcasting career there, CBS and a person familiar with the negotiations said today. Mr. Imus and CBS Radio "have mutually agreed
to settle claims that each had against the other regarding the Imus radio ...
6 Dec, 2007 2:12 am
... Phillips suggests most HR professionals and employment lawyers would agree with Imus's termination, and that often such comments by senior
management and executives ... overlooked because "money talks." That argument ignores CBS's hypocrisy in firing Imus over the type of statement
that made him such a valuable commodity in the first place. ... first place. It's difficult to draw any generalized employment law lessons from the Don Imus case because his case is so unique, just as it is difficult to draw ...
10 Apr, 2007 10:43 am
... Saturday morning, posted when there had been relatively few items in the press about the Don Imus
remarks, today the Rutgers team gave its first press conference on the matter. ... articulate, they are gifted. They are God's representatives in every sense of the word."
Imus has been suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers female basketball players ... eight college students. Gray-Lawson expressed
things perfectly when she said: "I don't know how anyone can talk that way about someone else's child ...
10 Apr, 2007 10:05 pm
Over at BlackProf, Darren Hutchinson has a good post about the understandably strong response to the comments of shock-jock Don Imus. Here's a taste: How do persons concerned with racial justice convince people to examine structural ... reduce racism because they generate an important
public debate about race. Any public debate happening in the aftermath of Imus seems to be a sideshow obscuring the main event - institutional
racism that lacks fingerprints or soundbites, and operates silently and ...
6 Apr, 2007 10:22 pm
Radio talk show host Don Imus joined the ranks of Mel Gibson and Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah
Washington yesterday with his comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team which has 8 black members: Imus was speaking with producer
Bernard McGurk when the NCAA title game between Rutgers and Tennessee came up. ... it make? All we can do is publicize it. And no, I'm not serious about sending Imus to rehab, it just seems to be the latest out for celebrities who muck up big time.
9 Apr, 2007 10:53 am
Embattled radio host Don Imus spent almost an hour of his show this morning (transcript here)
apologizing again for his racist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball ... He's going to be on the Al Sharpton radio show this afternoon and meet with the Rutgers team.
Imus said he hoped to meet the Rutgers players and their parents and coaches, ... later Monday on a radio show hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton,
who has called for Imus to be fired over the remarks. "It's not going to be easy, but I'm not ...
13 Apr, 2007 12:39 am
I liked this media analysis by David Carr, about why the Don Imus affair became the perfect storm:
"All the elements were there," said James Carville, the political consultant ... content. The Rutgers institutional decision to treat the affair as a teachable moment put Mr.
Imus in an even deeper hole. Carr also notes that YouTube kept things going in ... "jigaboos." Having seen that clip, I'm now much less
sympathetic than I was to Imus before. That was truly disgusting. I've got to run and do my radio ...
16 Oct, 2007 7:50 am
... i saw Pat Buchanan, who has a history of anti-Semitism himself, interviewed on MSNBC for his point of view on Don Imus reportedly returning to radio. Buchanan was a poor choice to speak ... and, of course, he totally excused Imus'
racist statements. MSNBC cannot be considered a legitimate news outlet when it constantly gives a racist, anti-Semite and Holocaust- ... his mouth. Buchanan should have been off the
airwaves long before the Don Imus fiasco. Free speech is a great thing, but that doesn't mean ...
10 Apr, 2007 9:15 pm
The First Amendment should keep the FCC out of Imus-gate. (From the public domain.) Don
Imus gets added to the long list of celebrities -- a list so long that I cannot keep ... insensitive comments about race, ethnicity, and
gender. News coverage and commentary on Imus's pathetic comments is here and here. I have not examined the story of ... the Federal
Communications Commission than to take a principled stand against such comments. Imus-gate presents a clash between my rabid anti-racist views
and my ...
13 Apr, 2007 11:00 am
On his April 4th show, Don Imus, controversial radio host, went on the air and made derogatory
remarks about the Rutgers' women's basketball team that caused a groundswell ... defense attorney and writer for the blog, Crime & Federalism, and Attorney Sandra S.Baron, Esq.,
Executive Director for the Media Law Resource Center to discuss the Imus controversy. Don't miss this
discussion, and feel free to add your comments below about whether rappers should be held to the same standard as Don Imus.
17 Aug, 2007 9:36 am
Here's FindLaw's Scott Moss on Don Imus's recently settled wrongful dismissal case against CBS and
the recently filed defamation lawsuit against Don Imus. In his opinion, the settlement's a good idea,
and the defamation suit's a bad one, for the...
2 May, 2007 10:53 am
Don Imus isn't slinking off into obscurity as many hoped. Nor does it seem he has a new gig yet.
Instead, he's hired First Amendment Lawyer Martin Garbus to sue for him. I'd rather watch Garbus on TV defending him than Imus pal Bo Dietl,
but my main feeling is Imus is so last week. Grounds for the suit seem to be contract provisions...although one would think CBS poured over
them before taking decisive action. Prediction: This will never see a trial. There will be a settlement.
23 Apr, 2007 12:44 pm
Don Imus has hired a prominent litigator, prompting speculation that the dismissed DJ may be plotting
legal action against his former employers (CBS and MSNBC). ... sentence on Garbus' personal blog, late Friday afternoon, noted that Garbus "represents Don Imus in a dispute with CBS"-a sentence that was later removed from the blog. A ferocious litigator who has ...
process case of the 20th century, Goldberg v. Kelly (397 U.S. 254)." He also blogs at The Huffington Post. Sounds like Imus is in good hands
...
4 May, 2007 1:03 pm
A draft copy of Don Imus's complaint indicates that the fired radio show host will be suing CBS, his
former employer, for $120 million. Details here. That's a hefty chunk of change. It's three times the total value of his $40 ... way. A hundred and twenty mil is still less than the
cost of two pairs of pants. If you're an exalted Administrative Law Judge, for the District of Columbia. Exclusive: Imus Says CBS got what it
bargained for [ABC News] Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of Don Imus (scroll down)
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